The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-18 00:00:00

The Rev. Dr. Wane next presented himself, and was loudly epee eI. He bad sho cn his humility and modesty by giving Pray to every body, and by saying Amen to every thing that had been said. He bad been one of the first delegates sent by the Working Men's Association to Scotland, and he thought the otehmen had come over the border to some purpose.—( Hear.) He had been lately at Paris, and had just returned from that place—they had all heard what had been said about the Char ter and rights of the English people. He would tell them what was thought in that country of the People's Charter— be would give them the sentiments of the democrats of France . He ( Dr. Wade) had taken a copy of the People's Charter with him ' • they had carefully r e ad it aver —th e y highly ap proved of it, and they wished to held out the right hand of fellowship and fraternisation to the working men of England in the great struggle for democracy and independence. (Cheers. ) A vast portion of the middle classes of France sym pathised with the workmen of England. Was not that an exampl e wort h y o f i m i tat i on to t h e middle classes of Eng land, so as to induce them to co-operate with the work ing classes of their own country ?—( Hear, hear.) In France, the people were determined to a man to resist oppres aion ; and in that country he trusted that they were all determined to have a more extensive Suffrage, as a first step to the political regeneration of the people. The National Guard of France—the shopkeepers (boutiquiers as they were called)—they were men who were determined to stand up for their rights ; and it should be remembered the National Guard comprised five millions of men, who made their remonstrances with a pen in one hand and a sword la the other. In that country the people were not allowed to have public meetings, and they were therefore obliged, while they signed the petition to have the pen in one band and the sword in the other.—( Hear.) Advocate as he was for moral force, he would say that if their meetings were put an end to—if they were to have Gagging Bills and to b e t reated as tyrannically as in France, it would be a matter for their consideration what they would do under such circumstances.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") He could speak well of two papers, the Spectator and the London Dispatch In the Paris papers there were no re creants, no backsliders, but all were general recruits to th e people's cause. He wished he could say the sam e of the papers of London. He would have every association of working men in England taking one copy of the National of France, because that Paper advo cated the rights of the working men. The leading article might be translated and read to the Association. He had been well received by the Editor of the National ----not on his own account, for he was nothing, but on account of the Working Men's Association, and he could assure them that not only their meeting of to tuaY, but eve ry movement of the Association, was well kn own all over the Continent. There was no apathy abroad, and their demonstration to-day showed there was no apathy here. If Louis Philippe, like Charles the Rash, attempted to make war with Switzerland to get away dpeleo n L ou i s B onapar t e , h e must take care his Throne not fall from under him ; and if Lord John Russell at tempted to go on with despotism in Canada he might as well attempt to put his tiny hand on the top of Mount Vesuvius to !Aop t h e crater —(a laugh)—he would only burn his hand, The could not stop the mighty volcano.—( Hear, hear.) people must have a voice in the Legislature of the e9untry--they mu s t i ns ist upon it. They must follow prin- I Plea and not follow men. Follow principles and they would e s afe—follow men and they would be deceived. The Whigs a nd Tories had deceived them, and thus the people had teen _ puni s h e d f or f o ll ow i ng men. Th e peop l e f o ll owe d Lo uis Philippe, and he humbugged them out of their charter. The movements of liberty could not be repressed, and whether gan in England or in France, one would follow the other, and produce liberty to both. He would notice one objection r aised b y the Press. They said, education first. Now, he said Uni versa l Suffrage first, and for this simple reason, Uni versal Suffrage would give a desire for education, in order to exercise their rights properly. It would also give them the , te eans, if a m an did not vote f or a Bill f or genera l e d ucat i on, to 'urn him out of his place, Parliaments being annual.—(Hear.) He would advise the Working Men's Association not to conde- Scend to argue with the Press, for Cobbett and Cartwright bad failed to convince them, and they would not believe though one should rise from the dead. It was stated in The Sun Paper that there were only three thousand persons present. Now he would ask whether that was true or false ?—(" It's not true.") Why there were more present at this time. lie would now 'say a word as to the Convention. One advantage of it would be that the people would have an executive power to watch the Government. The French people laughed at the English on this account. They said, " true it is you have great meetings, or vast demonstrations, but what is the end of all ? When it is over you put your hands in your breeches' pockets, and go about your business as if you thought no more about it." Now a Convention would be a lever extended so lone., that all the millions of the English people would have their hand upon it. If any unjust aggressions Were made on the people by the Convention, they would have the power of calling a great Convention, and those who OW not agree with it might go about their business. He *would also call this a Committee of public safety. They -er e not the innovators 'but the protectors of the public safety—( Hear, hear, bear.) There was, however, great danger to a nation when the Almighty suffered the basest men the eve rule over it. So said the prophet Daniel. And that (Hear hags were the basest of men was easily seen. ) They did all that the Tories wanted, in their whining, apo y " t gglne, sneaking way.—( Great laughter.) He would ' Lie words which had been used on a nother occasion : " God save the Queen, Kick out the Parliament, Chastise the fools, Te (G reat laughter And takes the rogues repent." nee worth Doctor ;oncluded by proposing three cheers for p llr "neh p eo p le ' von • HETHERINGTO N then came forward to propose a of thanks to tbe High Bagitl, for the courtesy with . 101 :eb he had called the meeting, and the urbanity with a r ch he h a d p res id e d at i t. This was not a formal vote, ll he had t o t en d er w i t h a ll s i ncerity, for h i msel f individu tha y' and f or th e W or ki ng M en ' s Asssociat i on, the i r b est I hk L s theto High Bailiff for the courtesy with which 1.. had called th e M ee ti ng , a nd th e ur b an i ty he had exercised m presiding over it.—( Hear, hear.) 44 H ere a M r . A c k er l y , w h o h a d re p resente d hi mse lf to b e Are of af the Delegates from Gloucester, appeared in the h us " t . g " , n d desired to know why be bad been t urne d o ff the tri s A M i. r. LOVETT stated that he did not believe that Mr. f o e 7rlY had been' delegated from any Association, in his had forged the signatures to a letter, all of which was thets Own handwriting, stating that he was so. HETIIEItINGTON then resumed. He wished, before Present meeting concluded, to draw the attention of those to some important facts. The meeting would recollect that they were an Association of Working Rat liff and when they reflected upon the fact that the High e l i tle of Westminster had been educated and reared in a 4,,ssa different from their own, he thought they were bound tOratitude to the constituted authority of Westminster for /11 ' candour and urbanity he had displayed.—( Hear, hear.) tbQ r‘eesqeuetnee of the courteous manner in which he had called present meeting, some scamp in the Morning Herald el udeA s bed his conduct in question. Mr. Hetherington con amid th bY e proposing that the resolutions should be carried, 14 r oud cheers. Jlinjd • Lee Ov ETT seconded the resolution, which was carried tremendous cheering. t 1 1; he 111 011 BAILIFF returned thanks. He had to thank tfur the high honour they had conferred upon him, and to haZed to say that he should feel it to be his duty objects public meetings, so long as he considered the lea` t of those meetings were constititutional and wer e mate- -(Cheers). He believed that public meetings ton_..tthe most constitutional mode of giving an opportu nity . to n PerZ i e uent s to state their opinions to their representatives th e j. ne at• As snch h e h a d ca ll e d the present meeting. go o ° d "Jeet of it bei ng l eg iti ma t e , namely, that of obtaining *ei l id sa a nd cheap G ove r nm ent.—( Cheers.) In addition he •-•-( Qr that h e h a d ca ll e d t h e mee ti ng with great pleasure. Mr eat cheering.) differ • HaTheiteawros then begged to return his thanks to the th e n e b n t constables f o r the manner in which they bad repelled Pre,ensttructions that had been imposed by some factious party Th e dist, , rse t4 d e . eting then, at a few minutes past six o'clock, quietly i t ~.Pf twelve o ' c l oc k t h e mee ti n g gra du a lly increased, and th:asort, esti./lat e d by some of the gentlemen on the hustings I)at 4 1 1 4 t one iime there were from 15,000 to 17,000 persons i,a,ey ard. hat C ommittee C ommittee stat e d th a t th e y had obtained 15,000 sig es to th e petition throughout the 11,Zhe following Deputations were present :—Eber;'zer...E____l -1/4dc,fts")or Shef fi eld • John Fraser and Abraham Duncan, 1. ""' l ii "ur gh and county of Midlothian; R. K. Douglas anal ul:ta-" M untz, from Bi rm i ng h am ; R . J . Ri c h ar d son, f rom ehester and its vi c i n i ty • R o b ert L owrey, f rom Newcastle fro°lll4-IYoe, Sunderland, and Shields; Feargus O'Conn or, tim Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Nottingham, Pres dlet„4lHeckmondwikc, Wakefield, Barnsley, M id - . fat -11 ' i.e tds, Queesishead Amblerthorn, Midgley, Hall- Elland, Stainland, Mixemdenstones, Oxendon, Heb irk q:!dge, Rooley, Holdsworth, Thornton, Newpcller, Sutton 114,th-tn. Heywo'od, Mansfield, Bradford, Kilmarnock, an p ; Hugh Williams. from Carmarthen, Llanelly, Swan caYPoul, and Merthyr ; Joseph Jones, from.N.orthamp kirk,and its vicinity; Archibald Downie, from Stirling. Pal (; legF,.M.ilton, St. Ninian'A, Alva, Tillicoultry, and Alloa ; ° cools and Jonathan Beaumont, fr en Co l chester; -11rickr'' Reeve, John Allen, and Edward Fenner, fromvi ti `'t Dull W illiam Garr ar d an d J osep h Bi r d , from Ipswich ; and Gewge Taylor, from Chelmsford and its Ali n ' t3. ; G. Layton and J Ceary, from Brelitford ; sand T. eeZ ti t u e:r i s ilin and T. S mith, from Worcester. aPProving of the objects of the meeting were re hawer •rnol Glasgosv, Ayr, Aberdeen, Bath, Almondbury, ott i , r th, Leamington, Leicester, Braintree, and from several 1) 0 . 0 p l aces, who are too busy in preparing for their own nstrations to send Delegates AT, bdp e e°IINEYS ' CLERKS.—The London law-men fi t the attenda nce o f t h e i r c l er k s to b e from ten in the 14,o'or4"dttl,till six in the evening. Cannot this . rule be made tor ; Surety e i ght hours of steady mischief enough iongest day in all the year. hi l e G h " 1 : 11) E.—.1t the close of Lest week, one of -er y rst tides that has ever been known on the coast fu . r a 14 % , u nZ, time was .experienced off Weymouth. The wind itthorolirettltheirn fresh f a tom the southward, and being a spring tide, ;culiarly heavy swell, and pissed over 1.°11(1 at the bottom of Green-bill.— Wilts Herald. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The numbers at the meeting at Pa'ace-yard yesterday, have been variously estimated at from eight to fifteen thou seed. But eight, or ten, or twenty thousand men can be collected together in London on a Monday to see the ascent of a balloon, or to witness any piece of tomfoolery ; so that we attach little importance to the mere numbers It was attended by delegates from the manufacturing towns of England and Scotland ; and to the language uttered by some of these delegates we do attach some importance. A very tolerable idea may be formed of what Mr. Feargus O'Connor and some others have been about of late, from what dropped not only from that gentleman, but from seve ral of the other delegates of the North of England and Scotian 1. The first who addressed the meeting was Mr. Lovett. the Secretary of the Working Men's Association, himself a good specimen of a working man, who seri ously addressed himself to various objections to the Exten sion of the Suffrage, and laboured to show that Universal Suffrage was not only just in itself, but would be attended with no danger. While he disclaimed the mischievous opinions respecting capital which had been imputed to the working men, he "lamented that some unreasonable obser vations had been made on this subject, and without due consideration ; but he felt satisfied that the people of Eng land (and be would appeal to the delegates around him to declare their sentiments with regard to the feelings enter tained by those whom they represented) sought not vio lence and confusion, but peaceable and orderly change." It was judicious in Mr. Lovett to repudiate the erroneous doctrines on this subject rashly delivered at some of the meetings of the working classes, and to show that capital was as indispensable to labour as labour to capital, for the speeches to which he alluded created much alarm in the minds of people of property. Mr. LoVett in illustrating the position that ignorance was the cause of most of the evil in the world, very ingeniously endeavoured to show that ignorance was to be found in all classes, and that no rank secured to a man the possession of knowledge. It is quite true that weakness and igno rance are to be found among the rich as well as the poor ; but it is equally true that the rich man has leisure and fa cilities for obtaining knowledge which the poor man, obliged to toil for the daily bread of himself and family, does not. possess ; and though (and Mr. Lovett himself is an in stance) a working man may overcome the disadvantages incident to his situation—and in our times the facilities for improvement opened to the workinr , classes in our great towns have made it much easier than formerly for the work ing classes to acquire knowledge—still the general propo sition will always hold true, that among those who live by the labour of their hands comparatively few can be able to cultivate their minds. Before proceeding further with the meeting, we may notice some misapprehension on the part of one speaker (Mr. Hetherington) with regard to a remark of our own on the Address of the working classes. He seemed to suppose that because we objected to their losing sight of the difference between America and England with respect to population and territory, that we, therefore, conceived that abundance of fertile land must everywhere produce the same results as in the United States. " Let them look," he said " to Russia : there was a large extent of territory very thinly populated ; and yet because the people had not their rights they were slaves and serfs on the land." The speaker need not have gone to Russia. In the very States of which he was speaking there are two millions of blacks who are slaves on the land which they cultivate, and do not share in the pros perity of the whites, their masters. We never meant to say that the welfare of men was not affected by their Go vernment, but that Government alone was not the cause of all the distinctions between communities of men. In the country alluded to by the speaker, Switzerland, while the people in one canton are poor and miserable, in an other they are comparatively well off ; and Dr. Bow ring's observations apply merely to the districts along the Lake of Geneva, and the neighbourhood of the Lake of Constance and the Rhine, where the people are profitably employed. Universal Suffrage—the People's Charter—is the object which they were to unite in obtaining ; and the grievances alluded to at the meeting, as the Corn-laws for instance, were rather brought forward as proof of the ne cessi y for the extension of the Suffrage than for substantive discussion. When Universal Suffrage has once been obtained, then the political millennium is to follow as a matter of course. The people will have no difficulty in determining what measures are bene ficial and what hurtful to the community. A significant commentary on this was afforded by the notions which oc= casionally dropped from the speakers as to what they deemed grievances. Mr. Leader, who spoke at the meet ingerecemmended moderation, and alluded to what Me. O'Connell had done by recommending peace, and what ha I befallen the Canadians by adopting a different course. Mr. Elliot, of Sheffield, too, the most fervent of poets, whom nature has so peculiarly qualified for a Tyrtmus, concluded his ardent speech with a recommendation of peaceable means. " And let us," said he, " have 20 talk of physical force, for you can use it victoriously whenever you need ; but men who mean to resist don't always warn the enemy to be beforehand with them." This is the language of good sense ; but the men of the north had, appa rently, little taste for it. Messrs. Fraser and Dun can, the delegates from Edinburgh, told wonders of the martial spirit of the men of Scotland, and pro claimed Mr. Feargus O'Connor their great apostle. Mr. Lowry, of Newcastle, was still more unequivocal. " The men of the north," he said, " were well organized. The men of Newcastle dared defend with their arms what they uttered with their tongues and that the military would have learned on the Coronation-day had they made an at tack on the meeting." This is pretty well. But he spoke still plainer. He proclaimed civil war as the alternative of refusing Universal Suff.age. " They thought they h a d a right to have a reciprocity of rights, and if not, they were prepared to go against the Throne and the Aristocracy." And one of the wise measures which Universal Suffrage is to obtain for us is the removal of the National Debt. " If the National Debt were removed, and the Corn-laws abolished, trade would flourish." Mr. Lcwry does not, of course, contemplate payment as a means of removal. This proposition ought to have followed and not preceded Universal Suffrage. Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who l e ft. no doubt as to his views, and proclaimed the union between himself and King Oastler and Parson Stephens, in order to rove the intelli gence of the people, advanced a still more questionable proposition. " It was said the people were not sufficiently intelligent—that they had not sufficient knowledge. He would ask whether they did not know a rogue front an ho nest man." None have professions of honesty more fre quently in their mouths than rogues ; and to know a rogue from an honest man is a piece of knowledge which many men never acquire, and not a few only acquire at the expense of their own ruin. Wolves are still occasionally found in sheep's clothing. But as Mr. Feargus O'Connor is the oracle of these associations, let us hear what his views are. " The people," he said, " were determined to obtain Universal Suffrage, honestly if they could, but they were determined to have it. He counselled them against all rioting—all civil war ; but still, in the hearing of the House of Commons, he would say, that rather than see the people oppressed—rather than see the Constitution violated while the people were in daily want—if no other man would do so—if the Constitution were violated he would himself lead the people to death or glory !" It may be asked what is meant by violating the Constitution? Does be mean the refusal to give the Charter ? To concede Universal Suffrage ? Mr. Feargus O'Connor spoke a language which, though ambiguous here, is not ambiguous in the North. Mr. Oastler says the new Poor-law is a violation of the Constitution, justifying resistance ; and he calls on the people to arm and train. And Mr. Feargus O'Connor identified himself with Oastler. " There were,* he said, " Oastler and Stephens—the one called a mad man, and the other a firebrand, because of their honesty— who were watching during his absence—Nilo were loekieg out for squalls." And he boasted of the people of Dews bury having, by way of sample, beat back the London polite—apostrophising " the three devils of Somerset House," The New Poor-law is, therefore, the grievance of c ,:ievances, foe the removal of which Mr. Feargus C o ready to laet4 the Eeople to death or glory. So much for the " iisd°l " "la jjnivprsal Suffrage is to hardso . n, of Manchester, tpld obtain for us. Mr. he ' : had begun la arms. the meeting that " the peopte . hang ng They were armed. He had seen the 2." 15 over their mantel pieces." And he added, " if they fail in the present instance, he would not attempt to say what would be the consequence. The rifles would be loaded—that would be the next step, no doubt ; and he defied the power of any Government, or of any armed Bourbon police, to put them down. It was no use to dis guise the matter ; secrecy was the ruin of all things." Mr. Richardson took care to inform the meeting that he ex pected, at the meeting•to be held at Manchester on Mon day next, at least three hundr,:d thousand men, of whom two-thirds would be fit to carry arms. That Mr. Roe buck Itis not been altogether an utkucoessful teacher, was proved by the c ire with which one of his observa tions—ia his letter of reproach to Mr. O'Connell — seems to have ben treasured up by a Mr. Williams, of Carmarthen. " Moral force was a farce unless that they showed that there was another jbrce behind by their orgenization." There can, therefore, be no mistake here. We attach far more importance to these speeches of the delegates from the manuthctur:ng districts than we do to the speeches of the men who counselled moderation and peace. We know from these speeches the sort of schoolmaster by whom the people there have bean schooled. We know nothing of King Oastler and Parson Stephens but what we li .ve learned from their speeches and writings; and that Oastler was put forward by the Tories as a can didate for Huddersfield, and calls himself a Tory. Mr. Feargus O'Connor avows a partnership with Messrs. Oast ler and Stephens ; and Mr . . Feargus O'Connor is th e apostle of the working classes. So that we have Oast. ler calling himself a Tory, swearing by the memory of Lord Mon, and consequently an enemy of ail exten sion of the franchise; aad here we have the working classes fully impressed with the belief that Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the partner of ()ostler and Stephens, with whom he will lead the people to death or glory, will obtain for them Universal Suffrage. Mr. Oastler cannot be a Tory and an honest co-arrater with those who seek for Universal Suffrage. It would seem that, provided a fight can be got up, it is a m Itter of little consequence what the people fight for ; and that—while some are fighting against the new Poor-law, and some for Universal Suffrage--all will be right in the end. The new Poor-law is clearly the means on which Mr. Feargus O'Connor mainly relies to recruit his forces. And Mr. Richard Oastler owes it. no doubt, to his hostility to that measure that he is, in .a manner, justified by the Times for calling on the people to arm and train ! —llorniny Chronicle. Our anticipations have been realized. The great Radi cal meeting of yesterday passed off in the most tranquil manner. There was not only no disturbance, but not even the slightest sympton of a disposition to create confu sion or disorder, far less a breach of the public pe ace . The friends of order throughout the country will concur with us in congratulating those who got up the meeting of yesterday on the moderate character of the proceedings. The working classes seem at last to have made the grand discovery—the wonder is they had not made it long be fore—that their cause is not to be subscrved by violence, whether in sentiment or expression ; but that a t emperate tone, blended with decision, is far more likely to con d uce to the triumph of those principles which appear to th em to be inseparably associated with good and che a p Go vernment. It will be seen, from th very ample rep or t of the proceedings with which we elsewhere present our readers—a report unequalled by that of any of our Contemporaries—that the speakers on the occa sion were unusually numerous. This is chiefly to be ascribed to the circumstance of an arrangement having been previously made, by which they were severally limited to half an hour at the utmost in their addresses to the as sembled multitude. The arrangement was a judicious one, and will be found worthy of imitation at any future publi, meeting of magnitude which may be held in the metropolis. The meeting yesterday presented an imposing aspect. We do not so much allude to the numbers assembled—though there could not have been less than 15,000 or 16,000—as to the perfect unanimity of purpose by which they were ac tuated, and the singular harmony of tone and expression which characterised the addresses of the' various speakers. There seems to be a calm yet settled determination on the part of the millions, that they shallno longer remain unrepre sented ; but that their sentiments and interests shall be ex pressed and defended in the Legislature of the country. The fact of there being delegates from ail parts of the country at the meeting of yesterday, representing at least from three to four millions of the working classes, indicates in language which is not to be misunderstood, that the movement which is now taking place in all the populous towns throughout the kingdom, can no longer be regarded with indifference or be treated with contempt. We do not sympathize with the meeting of yesterday in all the objects they have in view. We think that some of the resolutions went farther than would either be safe or practicable. Still we. re joice at the movement now making throughout the coun try, and at the particular demonstration yesterday made in Palace-yard. We anticipate the happiest results from it. The organization which now exists among the work ing classes, and their determination to be represented in th Legislature of the country, must give an impulse to the popular cause which cannot fail to prove fatal to any Min'stry which has the temerity to attempt to resist it. Will the Administration of Lord Melbourne make such attempt? We have no idea that they will ever sanction the principle of Universal Suffrage, neither will they concur in any measure which contemplates Annual Parliaments ; but we do believe that the result of the mighty movement which is now taking place throughout the width and breadth of the land will insure the speedy triumph of those great principles for which we have for a long course of years strenuously contended—the principles, namely, of Triennial Parliaments, Household Suffrage, and the Vote by Ballot. And these are principles which, when carried into effect, will be productive of results that will mare than compensate for all the exertions and sacrifices which the working classes are now making to secure an efficient legislative representation. There can be no question that another Session of Parliament will not pass away without one or more of the great principles to which we have ta ferred being recognised by a vote of the House of Com mons, if not embodied in an Act of both branehes of the Legislature.—ilfornitty Advertiser. Yesterday's Radical Assembly in Palace-yard, so boast fully announced as ". The Great Meeting of the People of England, has been " a heavy blow and great discourage ment" to its projectors. Whatever could be effected by the loudest note of preparation, by the longest advertise ments, by the largest puff, was diligently done ; and, con sidering that tae day was fine, and that the meeting was so arranged as to fall on a Monday, the too general holy day of improvident workmen, we thought it not un likely that the concourse might be a considerable one. We were not, indeed, sufficiently fanciful to anticipate, as some gave out, that the numbers would be too vast for the area of .Palace-yard, and that an adjournment to Hyde Park would become neusiary, or even that 100,000 men would be gathered together for so profitless a purpose ; but most certainly we laid our account with a total rather more considerable than the meagre array of from 4,000 to 5,000 persons. Tne orig:nators of the meeting will Gf course. quadruple this enumerivion ; we give it, however, not upon loose (onjecture, but from the computation of an officer of rank, accustomed to survey and to deal with large bodies of men. Amidst all the contempt and disgust isi•le which we . contempl ite the selfish impositions practised upon the people by knowing adventurers, we have a sincere respect for the genuine feelings of the people themselves, and a sympathy with their suff rings apart from the errors into which those sufferings occasionally betray them. When a little knot of working men is collected to gether, as happened ye,terday, in the hope, however vi sionary, that their demonstration will do something to bet ter their condition, a reasonable and humane observer should look at them, not as a dienagogue would do, in the light of instruments which may be irresponsibly used for a mis chievous end ; nor, as a courtier of the Holy Alliance would regard them in the light of insurgents to be sum marily quelled with a strong hand ; but as neighbours and brethren whose physical privations are real, though their political remedies are visionary. Nor is our cha rity at all soured by the fretful, nay virulent style, in which several of the speakers of yesterday's meeting deli. vered themselves against educated men in general, - and especially against the conductors of the Periodical Press. The main object of some of those leaders really seemed to be to establish that the Press had ever been, and is now, the great foe of liberty ; that information and experiinee in matters of politics are not only useless for the practical guidance of nations, but actually injurious to the well being of' the popular classes ; inasmuch as, to use the very expression of' one orator, is of all men, the lite. rary men had been the basest of apostates." Surely this language was not very just to a power which has peacefully wrought what the pikes of whole provinces could never have accomplished—surly, we me,- add, it was not language at all calculated t o encourage the audisrre ; for it informed them, In other words, that their cause was hopeless ; that they would have to struggle for political power not only against the prejudices of the world and the wealth of the upper claeses, but against the whole array of cultivated intellect, throughout a population where opinion is almost omnipotent. We can tell these exalted and inflated politipiang that they would not hive carried the Reform Bill against such odds, If anything further be available to illustrate the absurdity of such doe. trines, it is the boast of another speaker, that though the farmers are blinded by a deplorable ignorance, their taboo . ers are intelligently alive to the interests of th e workail classes! Now, if we couhl conprehen4 in whet way tliP interests of the working classes would be advanced by 4 15 ) of the changes which were yesterday proposed to them, we should he inclined to take a much more favourable slew than we do now of the movement and the movers. Show us that the accomplishment of a particular plan will really ;whereto the condition of those who constitute an im mense majoyity of all the iehahitenti of the land ! c 1 go far to beat down the geneFal arguments whiph oppose ^ryes to constitutional change, But eVOII if yap could attain every frai:e'll'ise embraced in the Charter of Reform o r _0 gh all Englanf, whether in agriculture b w o h u ic r l ,r t t h h i r s o umeeting was co .t nveti, , ,l to advance, no' one manufactures, would be thereby eaabli.4 tcl erne p Ar tide to his enjoyment or welfare, thivers 1 S,uffragie, an nual Election, Vote by Ballot—these are thc., chlof mends of the Charter. But, as we yesterday rem!nded ott: readers, these are no pesitivn benefits in themselves ; they can only have a value as means to some and, What t h O' is the end? A greater command of the necessaries of lira, of the means of physical comfort and mental improv, m The only way to realise three objects on a large sale is to bring about a higher rate of' wags, Ilut eliet down wage; is the comp eition of those who live by thew; they bid against each other for employireat till the CO' ployer gets his workmen at a moderate, frAuently at too low a price. What legislative a l ierle p an star 010 'POW pet . ition ? Possess Yourselve s thi s i n4tant 0 1 4 11 t h e a' ti which your most expansive refor m would be3tow, and what can you do with it toward this, your only practical poiot The rearm why you have n o t w h at you see k i s not t h a t you - are kept from it by the w an t o f franchisre but that the thing you seek is initself impo ss ibl e . L et any man only find out what law can be made by which the vi orking classes in general t.bal be place.) in a situation of greeter, comfort (a matter whol!7 unconnected with peftli THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1838. and we venture to say, that withcut any alteration in th e constitution of Parliament, the • House of •Commons will pass that Bill, and the House of Lords will be eager to concur in it. The meeting separa'ed quietly. The reason is, that four-fifths of all the persons present are not actors, but only indifferent spectators, and the remaining fraction is too sm dl for any mischievous manifestation. Certainly, their peaceable exit was owing to no forbearance on the part of certain of their orators. Some, indeed, spoke of peaceful agitation ; bit others talked the more stirring lao , guage of battle, and told of an intended meeting of 300,000 men at Manchester, two-thirds of them fit for arms, and threatened a republic. And among the parties present on the hustings where all this sedition was talked stood Mr. Leader, the Member for Westminster, whom the Whig Ministers, but 14 months ago, strained every nerve aed perverted every influence to send to Parliament, in op position to Sir George Murray ! We are sorry that no symptoms of miti g ation were observable in the tone of that individual, who, of all speakers, might beet have afforded to rely upon his own legitimate strength, apart from violent declamation—we mean Mr. Elliott, the eloquent author of the Corn-law Rhymes. A poet is en titled to use burning words; but they should burn with fire, not with vitriolic acid. It is unbecoming in a man of reflection to say, that while the country is governed " by the horrible legislation" of those who now constitute the up• per classes of society, he will not, if be serve as a juror in a criminal case, find a verdict ag.inst the " victims ;" " for to do so would be to murder them." It is unbecom ing in a man of talent and knowledge to tell the crowd be low him that he " doubts whether there are 100 men in London, worth 20,000/: each, who do not in their hearts hate and fear every workman who is supposed to have a mind of his owa." We hope, that as the working classes reaby begin to have minds of their own, enlarged and en lightened by practical information," they will learn to disre gard such invidious and venomous suggestions. It is not against the higher class that they seem at present to need protection, but against mischievous members of their own. —Times. The popular " demonstration" in Palace-yard has proved a failure. When we say this we do not mean merely that nothing is likely to come of it, for that we believe almost every one expected, but it seems to have been totally wanting in those circumstances which sorneames give a startling interest to such proceedings. The meeting was neither astounding by reason of its numbers, nor remark able on account of any exhibition of individual energy. It appears to have had oh the dullness of a thrice-told tale. There was nothing new in the topics brought forward—in the arguments by which they were supported—ar in the persons who brought forward these arguments. This meeting was especially deficient in speakers of that blunt and coarse, yet very effective manner, which the leading Radicals of twenty years ago possessed. Corn law rhymers, and wild li4shmen, and dandy philosophers, with scented pocket-hankerchiefs in their hands, and sounds of sedition upon their lips, are but poor sub stitutes for sue') men as Cobbett, or even as Hunt. These Radicals of the olden time knew how to hit the sym pathies of the multitude. They talked about beef and bacon —about bayonets and the hangman, showing forth with solid emphasis, and singu'ar plausibility, that Govern ment made provisions dear, and punishment abundant. But in these days our Radicals mince philosophy, and poetry, and political economy, and all that sort of pretended intel lectuality, which is a sort of stuff that the crowd cares nothin g about. The truth is that our Radicals have been spoiled by bad association. They have been worse than cheated by the Whigs ; for these place-hunting charlatans have inoculated them with detestable affectations, and the Radicals talk a jargon which is more like Whizgery run mad, than the clanands of impatient men, asking for that of which they understand the use and the benefit, but only fargettin g the impossibility that they should have it. We repeat, that the meeting to demand " the People's Charter" appears to have been, in every way, a failure and it will no .doubt be sneered at accordingly by those who are engaged in the Noble task of upholding her Ma jesty's Whig Minietere. With the usual fairness of the honest " public instructors" who s,lrve the Whigs, they will abuse those whom they have cheated, for having so inefficiently resented the fraud. Now, what ever faults the Radicals may have, the Whigs have cer tainly no right to accuse them of any. The greatest fault of the Radicals is, that they fixed the Whigs in of f ice. In elevating these selfish political impostors to the direction of the Government, they not only inflicted feebleness, dis honour, and perplexity upon the public affairs of the coun try, but they ruined themselves as a party. They can do nothing now but make a contemptible demonstration in Palace-yard, and get abused by those upon whom they have conferred everything. Let them bestir them selves, and show some vigour and ability in putting down Whiggery, which is but another name for low political craft and desperate cheating in high places. If the principles they stand upon have any sound ness in them, they will stand a fair and open conflict with Tory principles, which are the oppo-ite. But every thing- gets clouded and mystified, and Radical principles, such as they are, have no fair play, while one hand of the Whig Government is busy in bribing the manageable part of the Radicals, and the other is employed in writing sneers against those who refuse to be managed. The Ralic ds have h disgraced themselves by their connection with the Vu w and the Whim take advantage of this to t their position , it m ust be b y a ver y cl fferent sort of demon stration against the political frauds and feebleness of . the Whigs, from that which took p'ace yesterday in Palace yard. We have not thought it ne c es sary to report the st-ope e hes which wer e delivered at this meetin g , but we be g refer to a descriptive account o f it w h i ch will he found in another column. —Morning Post. Th e great meeting, convened yesterdly, in Palace-_ yard, rd by the " Working Men 's Association" proed a ludi crous failure. In finite was the trouble taken to secure the a ttendance of I irge numbers . The meetin g had been care fully advertise d, for weeks p ast, in all p arts of the king . dom. D pu tations from every quarter had be en solicited to attend. The meeting itself possessed a perfectly legal character, from t'te fast of its being presided over by the High rh e spot hereon was, ptrhaps, the mast Bailiff of Westminiter. Other eireumstanees favoured the plans of the proje , ctors of the meeting. The day selected was a liolydaY• • , eligible i n the metr9polis. Yet, despite these aids and appliances, t h e meet ng was contemptibl e i n po i nt of hers. Not m ore than six thousa n d persons were, : um t a ny time, present—nay, it may be doubted, whether the number of throe thousand be not much nearer the mark. The vanity of the getters-up -of the meeting has not ventured to state the numbers higher than yet even if the mooting had comprehended fifteen p arsons, would not such a number— w h en t h e ob jectscircum- stance s of the meeting are taken into account--.„hzaQ ip thousand s'o announced,mlci the locality, the time, and the volved utter fa i l ure ? The Birmingham meeting for the same o bjects is sta ted to have b. en attende d by one hun dredsae thousand persons. Whatever may be thought of the principles embodied in the " National Petition" .f Working Men' s —of this fac t, there can now ex* not 00 Rlight es t ch Aasneia!ion" of Lon d portion of i n fl uence over the working men of the metropolis .. If that " A ssoc i ation " L ub p t o r—that t n il o e t the smallest did, in truth, represent the feelings, and enjoy o w o a t , dente of the mechanics and artisans of , ,ittrumu, toe lea d ers of t h e A s sociation %WM tw OW at any time, t o b r i ng w;et h er two Ar three hnndred thousand men. Mr. Attwond, for instmice,-,wo PK/ hothing, for the momot, as tit the soundness of his views—does possess `the confidence of the operatives of Birmingham and the consequence is seen in the crowded meetings which lie can always egmraand, gate that r n . w c o r o:C a t irloeyn O'Connell. Mnn'§ Agsociqtiqu'l of London leadelts of the 'A Working UP mere tools of Leader s. y o n u sangloveilliaai lately as %bvarhst public November occasion nvne enrt rai ti s i laeitite ugh, theyatot end isig!c§vvoTtli and Warburton, and the rest of that that very n n ' l c e r n e in in the an time, Mr. g'gonn4ll would scareely have yen %) attend a public meeting (not picked) of working tured any usualpart strain,of Enf i l n an d d o . f t l h ' e he ave s r p a e g e e cli ci es u , al y it e s s . ter, A la i y r. , b • ;LI- Dhothowever, appear to have uttered a greater number or sillineases than any of his competitors fur oratorical distinction.—Morning Herald. On F . e m v i e tt r e i e ay to in vi t s h it ei t • , - riday the celebrated Mrs. Fry visited Greenock g'ill. Wil r eLot she was n A et by the provast, 'Magistrates, and the cpdit . inti qf iti itnates. (jaul Co:n i r ''' i teo• She addressed the prisoners in a very feel ing and aft etionate manner. Before she left the to.sn she induced a nurnb:r of ladies to form themsehes into a Com rh a p. p m r , i c s r on to a a t m s e ta li t o e r d at i e nt t e h r e va s ls p , i r a it n ti d al to lu d l S Tin W 1 0 1 1, 41- 1 Chlppl, On S4turdal e4a 14!1 5 144 4 a house of refuge fur destitute females; and her self strongtly urgad the necessity of self and frimd s (the lion. Mrs. Maelter.ie and Miss Fry) females employed in it._ Glasyow commenc'-'d a sub.sc.iplion for the purpose. In the evening she addressed a crea-ded auilierice of s-amen, in the Seaqirit's °II of (Masts. Miiirs; . ;Martin, and Co., when the wok was stopped, and Mrs. Fry delivered an excellent address to the fo ; reloGrA khi.. visited the tint Inantifac.. A mail has been amusini our townfAs (I,,, tt i g t he '"et‘' b) al'iltg tto,ntha yact a. ms of se, era! vLss • . IS. I. will be well for hint if he dies no: dive once too often. Such Chronicle. mnns!rous ab-urd:ty ought to be stopped by the authorities Wilts Her a ld, Bit fill ' k L O UTItAOES.— A n ou t rage of the most brutal ch ar . icter Was committed at Ine h ewan t, in this neigh hottrlmod, on S nurd4y night, by two young men, brothe rs, on their uncl e . Ti a matter- is under investigation by the Prop rate-- Fiscal. 0a of the brothers has been cor n ;Lived to gaol ; th e other, believed the most guilty, ps for the presoßt ended the o fileprs of j u sti c e, Thn unc!o is believed to be in a most precarious state. Another little less atrocious assault has been p(rpetrated in Strattb-ain ; the person accu,cd has also made himself scarce. —Perth Advertiser, THE CORN LAWS.-THE LABOUR- ING POPULATION. TO THE EDITOR of tI GLASGOW ARGUS 27, WILTON CRESCENT, AUG. 31, 1338. My DEAR Stn,—Of wheat we are supposed to consume, yearly, abeut 14,000,000 of quarters, and, deducting a seventh part for seed, there will remain almost exclusively for human food or bread 12,000,000 of quarters. This, at the utmost, would cost our neighbours of the low countries 40s. per qua-- ter, which is the lowest price we have paid for it for half a century, and then mile once. If we paid only this much fur it, its whole cost would be but 24.000,0001. But when we pay even the, t us, moderate price of 60s. per quarter, we pay fifty per cent. more than the commodity is really worth, and consequently a tax equal to 12,000,0001. per annum. If we pay 70s. a qua• ter for it, an event very likely this year, then our tax will amount to 13,000,000/. Every man, wha'- ever his state in society, consumes nearly the slate quantity of bread ; and the working man, indeed, In consequence of his severer physical labour, and the small portion of stimu lating food which he uses, may even be said to consume more than his wealthier neighbour. Neither is there any essential difference in the price of what the two parties consume, the lower qualities of bread, although costing a fraction less, being less nutritious, also, than the finer. The bakers here tell me that six four pound loaves of white broad are necessary for the weekly consumption of a family consisting of five persons. At 7d. for the 41b. loaf, which was the price in 1835, this would cost, for the whole yearly consumption of such a family, 91. 2s. When the price of the loaf is 9d. as it was last year, the cost of the annual consumption rises to 11/. 14s. ; and when it is 1 Id., as it is at the present mo ment, it becomes 141. 63. The price of bread, in the first case, is equal to above one-third part of the average wages of a common day labourer; but, in the last case, it absorbs more than one-half of it. In the Netherlands, the price of bread rarely exceeds, and frequently falls below 6d. for the four pound loaf. With us 9.1. is considered a mode rate price. Taking these sums as the basis of our estimate, every loaf with us, therefore, pays 'a tax of 3d., and every fa mily that consumes six loaves of bread a week pays, on account of the Corn-laws, an annual contribution of little short of 41 sterling. This is a capitation tax, levied in a very impolitic and improper manner; that is, through the instrumentality of IA bad monopoly. There might be some pretext for it, if the whole went into the public Treasury, but as none of it goes there—as most of it is wasted in the process of collection, and as but a small portion of it only is supposed to go into the pockets of a very small class, it seems without the shadow of justifica tion. Its inequality is abominable. It swallows up one-sixth part of the income of the labourer that earns but 24/. a-year, and it is the one-thousandth part of the income of a landed proprietor of 4,0001. p r annum, not to say that the latter re ceives, or fancies himself to receive, more than an equivalent for his share of the tax, in the privilege of taxing the rest of the community. But the inequality is still further agg ravated by the consideration of the large proportion of the labourer's wages which go for the provision of food, and which are Com mon!) , computed at three-fifths of the whole. If the labourer earn, for examp le, 251., no less than 151. are expended in food, and of these 41 . are a tax on the bread his family cats. The remaining 10/ , it is by eo means to be suppos-d, are exempt. Potatoes, beef, mutton, pork, are taxed under the same category as bread ; on hit beer he pays 80 per cent. ; on tea, 150 per cent. ; on coffee, 100 ; and on sugar, 100—all of them taxes higher in proportion to the value of what he uses than on the similar consumption of the classes in easier circumstances. N o one ventures to fancy that the latter consume three-fifths of • their income in mere eating—a man of 1,000/. a year, for ex ample, 600/., or a man of 3,0301. as much as 1,8001. They would be sad gluttons if they did. All this is surely damning proof cf flagrant inequality. But it is pretended that if the Corn-laws were abolished, and consequently bread cheap, wages would fall in proportion, and the labouring classes consequently derive no b.mefit. This is the favourite answer of the landlords to the cry for cheap bread, and was first, I believe, suggested by their oracle, Ar thur Young, when he stated, in 1814, that the prices which would be most to the advantage of "every interest in the kingdom" would be 86s. for wheat, 463. for barley, and 343. for oats. " Above all," said the disinterested Secretary of the Board of Agricu!ture, " the interest of the poor consumer should be most considered, not by lowering the price of corn, but by raising the price of his labour." To say that a high price of bread, brought about by law, is no evil is the same thing as saying that heavy taxation in general is no evil. This, in fact, would amount to an argument in favour of unlimited taxation. That we pay a tax on corn is just as certain as that we pay a tax on sugar, tea, coffee, or beer ; but no one in his senses will venture to say that paying heavy taxes on the latter, we are, thus far, as well off as the people of the United States, who receive them untaxed. Wages do not depend on a high or low price of the necessaries of life, but on the pro portion which the n umber of labourers hears to the funds dis posable for paying labourers. When the funds bear a small proportion to the number of labourers, they have to be distri buted among a greater multitude, and each labourer's share is consequently smaller—that is, labour is ill paid. When the funds bear a large proportion to the number of labourers, tilt) , 'are necessarily divided among a smaller number of persons, and each person's share is larger, or labour is better paid, J. CRAWFORD OPENING OF THE LONDON AND BIRNIINGIIAM RAILWAY. Yesterday was the first day that the complete line of Raii way from the London to the Birmingham terminus was opened. The portion of the road which was traversed for tbe first time on this occasion was that which extends between the old station at Denbigh-hall and the station at Rugby The station at the former place now no longer exists ; but there are on this extent of thirty-five miles stations at Wol verton, Ronde, Blisworth, Weedon, and Crick. The first train started from the Euston-square station at seven o'clock, having in the carriages the Proprietors of the undertaking and their friends. It was said in Bi - mingharn that th 7 accom plished the whole journey in four hours and a-half. I'he next train, which was open to the public, left Euston-square station at ten minutes after eight o'clock, hut did not get fairly under weigh with the steam-engine until twenty-five minutes past eight. This train reached Birmingham by the Birming ham clocks at the terminus, at ten minutes to tee, but by the watches of those who went by it, at two minutes before two. Watford was reached in thirty-eight minutes from the Euston station. The train halted thorn three minutes. Tring wac reached in seventy-three minutes, and for train haled four minutes and a half. Wolverton, the first new station, was reached by 28 minutes past 10, then the train halted 25 minutes. At this place a greet crowd of persons were assembled, and preparations were made for a rural feast and celebration of the %Inning the line. Roads was reached at 17 minute. past 11, the train stopped 10 minutes at this station, which is 60 miles from London. Weedon, which is 9 miles further,. was reached at 7 minutes to 12 o'clock, and Rugby, which is 83 miles from London, at half-past 12. The train stopped here a roinutn. Coventry was reached at sic minutes past one o'clock, and here the train remaiood fur la minutes. The next place was Birmingham. The portion of the line just opened, from Derthieeh-Wall to Rugby, appears to be equally goo.' with eny miler part of th road. It is in this division of the road, shortly before enter ing Rugby station, that the trains pass through Kilsby tunnel It bee bseh asserted that this tunnel fell in during the taring of it, but it is not the . case. It is one of the mast extraordi nary pieces of road in the whole line. The length of this tunnel is 2.400 yards, and does great credit to the skill of Mr, Poster, the engineer by whom it has been completed. The train which left Birmingham for Lou. don at half-past 12 was delayed* lay sOrtte moans or other., tv ii the road for nearly two hears, C- 4) "cclklenlau Of the train next in soceeeisiote w, h icil left Bittiljui'''am at half-past w" 4cla Y e d I 4e4r 'Y two noon l' l nn almost close to Euston station i %hie last train arrived in London about 20 minutes to 10, inittead of k quarter past 8, the hour stated for the ar rivie iu the public announcements. It does not appear that any accident whatever occurred on the road ; indeed, so ex oollent were the arrangements, that the possibility of accident was provided for iu every way that could be imagined. The road, as most persons know, passes through six of the most beautiful counties of Er.glancl—Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, and War wickshire, and through a line of country abounding with fine prospects, historical recollections, and antiquities. One drae_ hack to travelling by the railroad, however, is, that for many miles it is so buried between lofty embankments, that nothing can be seen but the sides of the trench, and this is more par ticularly the case where a prospect of the seats a n d p ar k s o f the nobility and gentry would be most desirable. Another dis agreeable is the passing through the tunnels, of whi c h i n t h e whole line th-re are seven. The road is crossed by numerous bridges, all of excellent workmanship, and some of considerable elegance. That part of the road which has been open some time has been repeatedly described, but that portion which was opened yesterday for the first time is of course less known. One of' the principal places through which it pastes is Weedon. This place is 67 miles from London. The Roman Watling -street comes close to it, the railroad of 2,000 years ago. It was a place of some importance in the time of the Saxons, as it is recorded that Wulphere, one of the Kings of M,rcia, built a palace here, which was afterwards converted into a nunnery by his daughter Werbruga. From the railroad the traveller Looks down upbn the barracks of the town, which are very spacious, containing an hospital, parade, &c. This extensive depot is, as a military establishment, not surpassed by any in the kingdom. It is capable of receiving 200,000 stand of arms. A greet quantity of warlike stores and artillery are generally deposited here. The Grand Junction Canal communicator with the storehouses, and close to them the railroad passes The Grand Junction Canal is cerried across the valley by by means of a very noble euthenkment on the 1 ft. The village, on the right of which the square tower of tire Church may be seen, is Flowe ; it is beautiful y situate In the valley. From the summit of the hill above Weeden may be distinguished Fawsley-park, the scat of S:r C. Knightley. The hoe c is one of the fittest specimens remain. ing of the manwial residence of the old English gentry. It stands in 0 4 n wet:rave park a b oun di ng w i t h enormous trees anti 611,A with deer. At Dcrord, which is a little beyond Weedon, the labourers held a fete ill honone of the day. There were nsarly 800 pessaste assembled, enjoying them s Ives ll ways ; their fe s ti v it y an d goo d h urnoul gaeatiy enlivened the scene. The most beautiful tese or rather city, on the whol e li ne i s, how cm, Qoventey. The spires of St Micheel's ch eese h, fect high, a the holy Triqlty, and tk i e grey Friars :I.e the great ornament of the lleighbourhood, anti are s:cq to groat ovniage . from read. There is a spleniiii tyre, wi , r ~:a,rcbses of . 1 0 11e* and every ae .otntnedatir?': f.,r the landing a nd departure of travell e r s . T a ki ng t hi s line of roed 2s a whole, It is title of the most stupendous undertakings of i s potit.rn tittles, And Kill ultimately lead to results ef which it is difficult to furetel the . eXtelltl hiARIP ingenuity au pear to hve outstripped even the ofer,iti.ini of n.ttire. When the celebrated Duke of Bridgewater wal int rseciing. the country with canals, Brinchley the engineer w..s asked in his cxamina tion before the House of C,mmons what he supposed Provi dence to have made so mans' rivers Er? He replied, to sup ply the canals with watt r. In the same spirit it ?nay be replied to those who ask for what were all the roads now in existence made, they were made to bring passengers to th e s t at i ons o f the rail•oath, and supely cu4oiners for seats in the in•ermin able trains by which they are traversed. (From a Co T.. pondent of Ole Ti Ines.) 131101INGHANI, MONDAY EVENING, Scrr. 17. ENTIRE OF THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY The promised e.piling of the iutcrmcd ate pormit of the railway between Rugby and Denbigh-hall took place, accord ing to announcement, this day, and, as might be exp , cted, created a good deal of interest and hutle among the inhabi- tants of Birmingham. The first train (bein.; of the sec.mi class), that from Wolvert9n, arrived at the Birmingham sta. tion-hotre at a quarter to 10 o'clock, havir 6 r perfo,rn .d the distance (100 mile; and thrce.qtt irters) in four hours and three quarters, half an hour under the time allowed by the Ccm. party's regulations. This was the first train for the convey ance of passengers that ever passed through the celebrated Kilsby tunnel, (one mile and a half in length), and the pas. sengers describe it, from its shafts, as much more pleasant the trat it than those of a shorter length. As this . train came only ;from Wolverton, it was much lighter than then which subsequently arrived from London. The station from which the Wolverton trains take up passengers are Roade,:Biis. worth, Weedon, Crick, Rugby, Brandon, Coventry, Hamp. ton, all of them places, with th© exception of Coventry r of very small population, and from which, except supplied by tribu• tary coaches from the surrounding country, few passengers could be expected. Soon afte . r twelve o'clock, an emission of smoke announced the approach of a special train, conveying a number of the Directors and officers of the Company, amongst whom were R. C. Glynn, Chairman ; Mr. Calvert ; Mr. Stephen son, the engineer ; Mr. Berry, contractor for locomotives ; Mr. Creed, secretary ; Mr. Baxter, &c. His Royal Highness the Doke of Sussex, suite, and two carriages, were conveyed by this train from Euston-square to Rugby, and appeared throughout the whole of the journey to be highly delighted with railway travelling. The following is an account of the time occupied in the journey, furnished by Rootes, No. 123, the guard, who accompanied the Directors : The train left Euston-square at fifteen minutes past seven, but did not take on locomotive until twenty minutes past. ft arrived.at Tring station at twenty-five 'minutes past eight, where there was five minutes' delay. Arrived at Wolverton sixteen minutes pest nine, where the Directors alighted and changed engines. The train arrived at Rugby at eleven o'clock, where the Duke of Sussex and his suite alighted and proceeded by carriage to the place of his destina tion. The Directors remained at Rugby ten minutes, and arrived at Birmingham three minutes past 12, having per formed the whole journey, including stoppages, in 4 hours and 48 minutes, and exclusive o f s t o p pages, i n 4 hours and 14 minutes. This is unquestionably the shortest time in which the journey between London and Birmingham has ever been p.rrfo.tmed, I.eisg upwards of two hours less than the time occupied by Marshal Soult and attendants a few weeks ago. The speed at which the Directors' special train proceeded being co isidercd no test of the rate at which a numerous train of heavy carriages would be able to travel the same journey, considerable anxiety was manifested by the D. rectors and Company in attendance, as tethe time of the first class train, which left London at Bin the morning. The Directors brought word that in all probability it would be a heavy train, and such it proved to be. The table of hours of arrival and departure stated that it would arrive in Bir mingham at 37 minutes past 1 ; and precisely at a quarter to 2, eight n.inut. s after it became due, it arrived at the station. The train consisted of 16 first-class carriages and mails, and four gentlemen's carriages, and must in the aggregate have conveyedl i at least 200 passengers. The sue. cess of this, the first journey, throughout the entire line, gave unequivocal delight to all persons who witnessed the arrival of the train, and the bustle of so large a number of passengers alighting from the carriages and mixing with friends and spectators added greatly. to the interest and excitement of the scene. The passengers generally spoke in the Isghest to rins of the comfort and speed with which they had performed the journey ; the only delay being on the new and unsettled part of the road between Rugby and Denbigh -ball. As soon as time had been allowed for the transfer of the passengers from the carriages of the London and Birmingham. to those of the Grand Junction, those whose destination was Manchester or Liverpool proceeded forward, a d wr ted, in the ordinary course of travelling on the latter line, after leasing London at eight in the morning, arrive at Liverpool or Manchester at half-past sax o'clock the same evening. The - rfE et in Birmingham is already visible. Only four coaches now travel between Birmingham and Liverpool; and this day (Monday) the Times and ether London morning pa pers were en the tables of our news-room and other publics rooms soon aFter two o'clock. Shortly we expect to see them some hours sooner; but this is a good beginning. S )me little incoc.venience will yet be felt by pa.s:engera travelling from London to Liverpool, as the arrangements as to the time of st4rting of the Grand Junction trains from Bir mingham to Livcrprol, in connexion with those from London, will not come into operation until the Ist of October. Persons leaving Euston-square by either the 8,9, or 11 o'clock trains will now, however, reach Liverpool the same evening, having abundant time for taking refreshments in Birmingham. The lower portion of the magnificent station-house in Birmingham has recently been liccesett as an hotel to Mr. Dee (mine host of the Royal), so t i nat passel'. gors, if they think proper, may be aecommAated with every good thing, without leaving the Company's premises. The innkeepers of the town complai'a of this establishment, in com pany with the station-bousc, as a monopoly; but we presume that tho immense influx of passengers into Birmingham, as evidenced this day, which will be occasioned by the claire opning of the railway, will speedily render these com plaints unealleil far, Certain it is that the complele junction of the tw o stat i ons, and the distance of the two hotels in the n, render some adequate place of tavern accommodation absolutely necessary. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCA STER RACES. DONCASTER, SUNDAY NIGHT, TEN O ' CLOCK. Several arrivals have taken place in the course of the day, and as the weather continues delightfully fine, there is reason to believe that the inhabitants will not be disappointed. in their anticipations of a fair average meeting. The St ! J.tyce, however, excites very little interest compared with fortrty years ; few horses are in the betting, not above nine or ten are talked of as likely to run, and the Duke of Cleveland's Puccile filly, of which such strong hopes were entertained, is reported lame. Cobham, too, is out of favour. Scott's lot art iced this dav, all looking in the best racing trim. Albemarle ant Appleton Lad were in the string, but were not mentioned in the b•Ating. At the time of closing our parcel, the prices \yew as follow :- - 2 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John 5 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon—taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost 9 to I agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham .20 to 1 agst Alr. Thornhill's Saintfe.', n 40 to 1 agst Sir C. Monek's fill: Garland—taken The of Clian. The following axe talke?, agne Stakes. as i, likely to start :—Mr. Powlett's b. c. by Lang, out nella, n r. ..liss Fanny's dam ; Mr. Attwood's b. 1. Va- Lang' ; Mr. Osbaldeston's br. f. Alezandrina, by The ( Idle"; Colonel Anson's br. c. Zimmerman, by Search ; Mr. S. Fox's br. c. Item, by Waverley ; Mr. Bell's b. f. La Sage Femme ; Mr. Wormald's gr. c. Bolus, by Physician ; Duke of Cleveland's b. f. Eliza , by Physician ; Lord Eg'inton's ch. c. Zo roaster, by Priam ; and by Westminster's c. by The Saddler, out of Flighty. It is doubtful whether Scott will run Zimmerman, or the Flighty colt, or both. Harkaway, although entered for the Queen's Plate and Cup, is not yet arrived. The new betting rooms arc open on the u ,ual terms, and are patronized by all ho take any interest in the races. It is reported here that four horses are ordered at Mansfield for a van on Monday; the folks are puzzled to know whether they aro required for Grey Alomus o: Harkaway. TATTERSALL'S—YEsrEnne T. No attendance in consequence of Doncaster races. DORCHESTER RACES.—THURSDAI r. The Dorchester Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added by the Tradesmen of Dorchester, were won by half a neck by Lord Vil liers's Joannina, beating Mr. llowe's Mirvan and Mr. Lee's Rattle. The Maiden Castle Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 2(5 sovs. added by the Yeomen of the County, were won by Mr, Biggs's Clara, beating Mr. Bennett's Logic and Mr. Squibb's Susanne cleverly, after a well-contested race between Clara and Lo Tie. The Silver Bowl, given by the Steward, R. Gordon, Esq., M.P., for horses not thorough-bred, bona fide the property of the occu piers of land in the county of Dorset, which have been regul: r 1y hunted with Lord Portman's, Mr. Farquharson's or Mr. Dr:ls.'s hounds or the mountain harriers, was non by Mr. Galpine's Arc— tic, beating Mr. G. Harding's Caroline, Mr. John Harding 's Queen of the Valley, and Mr. Parcel's Unexpected. FRIDAY. The Dinner Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft , with 20 added from the Fund, was won in two heats by Lord Villiers's Joan:nna, beating Mr. Ley's Rattle, Mr. Bennett's Logic, Mr. Rowe's Mirvan, and Captain Biggs's Clara, a:ter a good race. The Hunters' Stakes, of 5 soya. each, with 15 :Laded from the Fund, were won by Mr. Legg's Stickler, beating Mr. Collard's Walker, and Mr. Short's Manfred. Handicap Stakes, of 5 sous. each, 2 ft., with 20 added from the Fund, were won by Mr. Legg' s Stickler, beating Mr. Wills's Faustina, and Mr. llarding's Queen of the Valley. The Ladies' Plate of 50 soya., free for horses of all denomina tions, was won by Mr. Gal'due's Arctic, beating Mr. R owe's A,irvan, and Captain I.),s's Clara. Match for 50 sot's,--".lr. Squibb's Susanne Seat Mr. Parcel's Unexpected. S o a r ut i i n to d r ir tt e y etly to , ap s p ta li t e e a , that , to Lord Duncan, to ask a favour f or any one of his family , or llt Sir Henry I l . ° O N I l i o ° ll l - v n . -- ev e r , IV e directly hat e sancti o ned any apr ti c , i tion to 13e . made to his L or d s hi p f rom an „ hatc y er ,—Hampsh/re Adverlicer. rItA DE, MONDAY.---The deliveries last i c i w. 4 ., wtr, •'. small, amounting to 347,3581b 5 . Th e tra d e cost . t Cones to bo depressed by the approaching large sales. A llonsli's BATH.—At her Majesty's hunting •ta:,!OJ, Cumberland Lod g e, is constructed a bath for tile hunte7s, the ,ffic,tcy of which will prove tbet weans of alleviat hq, or preventing ewes of a dangerous nature that arise after a r eveto run with hounds, I t i s so constructed that , in time course o f h.lf au hour, a horse may be placed in a warm bath is el at any tempetteure that may he de F mrd proper, nhich will un SV PII3 ,--' ( 1 0%1 14 0( 11y have a similar t Elect on 1i e animal as a warm bads ~.—... would have on the human fr ame , a f ter b e i ng su bj ec t e d t o extra. I ordinary cv:rticon. a /. ( TA --_~•4 \. .. 7- e, 4 . - - - :-.2 r . -----1-1,)